What are the fallopian tube(s)?
The fallopian tubes are a pair of skinny ducts that transport a woman’s eggs (ova) from her ovaries (where they are housed) to her uterus (aka “womb”) where they are either fertilized by male sperm or discarded during menstruation. Typically, an egg is released from one of the ovaries into the adjacent fallopian tube once each month during ovulation, which occurs in reproductive-age women. The tube helps to move the egg along its journey to the uterus with small hair-like projections called cilia that line the tube’s insides. The tubes are named after a famous Italian physician named Gabriele Fallopio (1523–1562), who first described them.
